The United States has seized nearly 400 domain names for illegally broadcasting World Cup events.

US Department of Justice officials said on the 26th that the United States has seized nearly 400 internet domain names illegally streaming World Cup events. The Department of Justice said that the seized domain names were identified with the assistance of FIFA, NBCUniversal, and Warner Bros., and were used to illegally provide users with copyrighted content, including live video content of ongoing and first-time broadcast World Cup matches.